Helena Horton

England

Environment Reporter at The Guardian

Environment reporter @guardian / Stories to [email protected]

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Chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef may not be essential for US-UK trade deal

1 day ago | theguardian.com | Helena Horton

Chlorine-washed chicken and hormone-fed beef may not be essential for a US-UK trade deal, Donald Trump’s agriculture secretary has signalled. Speaking to journalists at a press conference in London, Brooke Rollins indicated that the market was moving away from the two controversial methods of production, which are illegal in the UK and the EU.
Brontë country to become protected national nature reserve

1 day ago | theguardian.com | Helena Horton

The sweeping landscapes of the Pennines inspired the Brontë sisters, and now those lands are being protected as one of England’s biggest nature reserves. A huge new national nature reserve, to be called the Bradford Pennine Gateway, is being announced by the government on Tuesday.
Tory shadow energy minister claims 2050 net zero goal ‘not based on science’

1 day ago | theguardian.com | Helena Horton |Fiona Harvey

The Conservative party’s energy spokesperson has attacked leading climate scientists as biased and claimed Kemi Badenoch could take the UK out of the Paris climate agreement. Andrew Bowie, the acting shadow secretary for energy, told the Guardian that the target of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 – passed into law by Theresa May – was “arbitrary” and “not based on science”.
Closure of post-Brexit subsidy scheme wrongly blocked 3,000 farmers from funding

2 days ago | theguardian.com | Helena Horton

Ministers wrongly refused nature funding to 3,000 farmers when they shut the post-Brexit subsidy scheme, the government has admitted. There was anger earlier this year when the environment secretary, Steve Reed, suddenly paused a key post-Brexit farming payments scheme with little information about what would replace it and when.
Aphids plaguing UK gardens in warm spring weather, says RHS

4 days ago | theguardian.com | Helena Horton

Aphids are plaguing gardeners this spring due to the warm weather, with higher numbers of the rose-killing bugs expected to thrive in the UK as a result of climate breakdown. The sap-sucking insects have topped the ranking of gardener queries to the Royal Horticultural Society, with many of its 600,000 members having complained of dozens of aphids on their acers, roses and honeysuckle plants. They thrive in warm, dry weather, exacerbated by climate breakdown.
Sadiq Khan to announce plans to build houses on London green belt

5 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Aletha Adu |Helena Horton

Farthing Downs, on the green belt to the south of London. While specific locations have yet to be named, city hall is looking for low-quality green belt land near transport links. Farthing Downs, on the green belt to the south of London. While specific locations have yet to be named, city hall is looking for low-quality green belt land near transport links.
Sadiq Khan to announce plans to build houses on London green belt

5 days ago | theguardian.com | Helena Horton |Aletha Adu

Sadiq Khan is announcing plans to build on parts of London’s green belt, in a dramatic shift in housing policy aimed at tackling “the most profound housing crisis in the capital’s history”. In a major speech on Friday, the mayor of London is expected to say the scale of the challenge, which could need about 1m new homes built in the next decade, requires a break from longstanding taboos.
Sadiq Khan to announce plans to build houses on London green belt

5 days ago | aol.co.uk | Aletha Adu |Helena Horton

Sadiq Khan is announcing plans to build on parts of London’s green belt, in a dramatic shift in housing policy aimed at tackling “the most profound housing crisis in the capital’s history”. In a major speech on Friday, the mayor of London is expected to say the scale of the challenge, which could need about 1m new homes built in the next decade, requires a break from longstanding taboos.
Tariffs cut on UK cars, steel and aluminium in US trade deal, says Starmer - UK politics live

6 days ago | theguardian.com | Andrew Sparrow |Martin Belam |Helena Horton |Severin Carrell

Starmer says tariffs will be cut from 27.5% to 10% on 100,000 car exports to US every yearKeir Starmer is at a Jaguar Land Rover factory. Summing up the deal, he says: This is a deal that will protect British businesses and save thousands of jobs In Britain, really important, skilled, well paid jobs. It will remove tariffs on British steel and aluminium, reducing them to zero.
Average water bills likely to hit £2,000 a year by 2050, says Ofwat

6 days ago | aol.co.uk | Helena Horton |Anna Isaac

The average household water bill in England and Wales is likely to reach £2,000 a year by 2050 if supplies are to be maintained, the industry regulator has said. In its submission to the government-commissioned water inquiry, led by Sir Jon Cunliffe, Ofwat said “significant investment” was needed to secure enough water and avoid the country running out, and that this would cause costs to be piled on to water bills in coming years.